As soon as Long Xiaochuan entered the door, his father drove him out with a roar that almost broke the roof of the house.
Because the mountain road is relatively rugged, the bus terminal can only be located at the entrance of Yucun. Long Xiaochuan got off the bus and walked home and walked another 1.5 kilometers on the mountain road.
On the way, he expected that the trip would not go well, but he never expected that he would be chased and beaten by his father as soon as he came back.
He fled in a hurry in front, while Long Zaitian chased after him with his yellow rubber shoes covered with mud, and cursed: "Little bastard, it took nine generations of the Long family to train you, a college student. It took a lot of effort to get out of the mountains, and then you came back to do it again."
Well?"
Long Xiaochuan saw that he was wearing a worn-out camouflage jacket with a soaked basketball vest underneath that he hadn't had time to change, and he felt sympathy and intolerance in his heart.
While dodging around the beams under the eaves, he joked to calm his father's anger: "Hey, don't hit me. I'm your biological son, your only son! My mother left early. If I stay in the city and don't come back, what will happen to my family?"
Who will plant the fields, feed the chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, and provide for you until you die!"
"Good-for-nothing! Am I too old to move? Do you want to take care of these farm chores?"
"I can take care of the farm animals at home, but what about the face of the people in Leizhai? What about the responsibility and honor of Longjia guarding the village? You were beaten like that by Yucun in today's basketball game. If I don't come back, Leizhai will still be able to live in ten miles and eight in the future.
Do you want to raise your head?"
After all, Long Xiaochuan was a little impulsive, and blurted out these words, which almost sprinkled salt on his father's wounds.
Long Zaitian instantly became dejected. He slid along the wall and sat on the threshold, lowering his head and saying nothing.
Seeing that his father had lost his temper, he carefully put his head in to comfort him: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just a friendly match. Just call me next time you play and I'll help you win!"
Unexpectedly, Long Zaitian suddenly slapped his shoes on the ground and shouted angrily: "What kind of ball are you playing! I will never play basketball again. Our Lei Village will permanently withdraw from basketball competitions! I will tear down the basketball court tomorrow!"
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Long Xiaochuan never expected that his father would be such a huge blow in this game, and that he would make such an unrealistic and even ridiculous decision.
When he was stunned and didn't know how to persuade him, a sweet and crunchy girl's voice suddenly came from outside the hospital: "Uncle Long, you can't demolish the basketball court!"
Long Xiaochuan followed the sound and first saw the pink floral umbrella sticking out from the partition wall, and then he noticed half of the pretty face exposed under the umbrella, with a pair of beautiful eyes smiling like a crescent moon.
Long Zaitian didn't bother to put on his shoes, and crossed the courtyard paved with bluestones in three steps and two steps at a time: "Oh, Cadre Yu, why are you still coming to the mountain when it's raining? Come and sit in the house quickly!"
"Uncle Long, let me see you."
The girl's chiffon shirt and jeans gave off a calm and capable impression. Before entering the house, she stamped her feet and cleaned the mud on her pink rain boots. This move made Long Xiaochuan feel good about him: "Abba, this is...
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Before Long Zaitian could introduce her, she smiled brightly and stepped forward to shake hands generously: "Are you Long Xiaochuan? I have admired your name for a long time. You are the only college student in the village! My name is Yu Yan, from the village work team.
He is now responsible for organizing cultural and recreational activities in each village."
Long Xiaochuan only smiled and nodded. Before he could be polite, his father pushed him from the side: "Why are you still standing there? Go boil some water and make tea!"
"No need to bother, I'll sit down for a while and then leave."
Yu Yan put away her umbrella, tucked her short hair behind her ears, skillfully pulled up the small bamboo stool and sat under the eaves.
"That won't work. Cadre Yu has done so much poverty alleviation work for our village. How can he not even give him a drink?"
"Hey, that's all the care of the party and the tasks assigned by the organization. I don't dare to take credit for my duties. Are all registered households in the village okay recently? Are you in good health?"
"Everything is good...good..."
Long Zaitian knew that her trip must be related to today's basketball game, so he was obviously a little cautious.
Seeing that the other party was not very interested in chatting, Yu Yan stopped going around in circles and directly picked up the topic that the father and son had just talked about: "I just heard that you wanted to demolish the basketball court, right? Why?"
Long Zaitian drooped his head and said angrily: "You saw today's match with Yucun, right? We listened to your words, beat gongs and drums, carried glutinous rice on our shoulders, and carried chickens, ducks and fish in our hands to catch up.
I went to Yucun to celebrate the festival with a bullfight. What happened? The basketball game ended like this. I, the village party secretary, am incompetent and I have completely disgraced Leizhai."
Yu Yan looked sympathetic: "It's all my fault. I didn't do my job well this time. I didn't expect the young people in Yucun to be so ignorant. I have already seriously criticized their captain Shi Lang..."
"Well, we are old and can't run anymore. So, no one in this village will play basketball anymore, so what's the use of keeping this basketball court? It's better to tear it down and turn it into a reed field and a threshing floor."
Yu Yan quickly dissuaded her: "You can't do it! If you tear it down, you will make a mistake!"
Long Zaitian rolled his eyelids: "How to say?"
She took out a document from her small satchel and read it word for word to Long Zaitian.
It turns out that last year the province's "Beautiful Countryside" Cup Basketball Tournament became popular, driving a tourism and consumption boom in various cities. Many villages in Leiming County have tasted the sweetness brought by the traffic, so everyone quickly formed a consensus - do a good job
Basketball games can drive village development.
The leaders of the county party committee have just recently put forward the development idea of "starting a prairie fire with basketball fire, and creating a road to common prosperity in boiling mountainous areas". They plan to use the "village ba" brand to empower the sales of agricultural products and comprehensively promote the integrated development of "agriculture, culture, tourism and sports" to increase agricultural income.
At this time, Lei Zhai wants to demolish the basketball court and give up basketball. Isn't this confronting the above? Isn't it making a mistake?
Long Zaitian disagreed: "When people are hungry, they only think about how to eat enough! The young people in Lei Village have all gone out to work, who is still playing ball!"
Yu Yan shook her head and smiled bitterly. Just as she was about to continue persuading, she saw Long Xiaochuan bringing a pot of hot water from the kitchen and retorted angrily: "Who said no one is playing basketball? I just want to come back to play basketball and make a name for myself."
Show it to everyone!”
While pouring tea for Yu Yan, he told the whole story about his business plan when he returned to the village: "When I returned to the village, I planned to take advantage of the Internet popularity of the 'village ba' to become a basketball anchor, and then I would start a village-level basketball commune after accumulating financial experience.
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Yu Yan listened very seriously, but Long Zaitian sneered: "Nonsense! You are whimsical and not doing your job properly! I think you went to college in vain. You only know how to play basketball all day long. Can you make a living by playing basketball?"
Long Xiaochuan frowned, filled with resentment: "That's it again! Why don't any of you understand me! Why do you say that playing football is not doing your job properly? Why can't playing football be a living thing?"
He picked up the luggage by the door, suddenly opened the zipper, took out an old basketball with rough skin, and held it flat in front of Long Zaitian.
"This is the only thing I asked you for money to buy after I went to college! But I used it to practice my ball skills and go out to play games to earn back my living expenses for four years!"
He had tears in his eyes and was full of grievances: "Because I was poor, I did a work-study program in my freshman year. I went to a small restaurant every day at noon to serve food. I was like a dog, wagging its tail and begging for mercy. I only earned twenty yuan after being looked down upon for two hours.
But when I returned to the basketball court and impressed everyone with my skills, my ears were full of cheers and praises, and I was like a king among the stars!
So I understood very early that if I work part-time, I will just be a loser in life all my life. Only basketball can bring me a different life!"